>I think there could be a really interesting movie where Hitler
>is assassinated and then the world is shown being different.
>Clearly this is not that movie, and never set out to be that
>movie. But that type of movie requires a lot of thought, a
>great deal of intelligence, and a unending source of
>creativity, which this movie simply didn't have.

I think there could be a really interesting movie about how the criminal activities of the mafia can permeate society and affect regular working class people who get caught up in the perils of gambling and prostitution and drugs and those problems then ripple out in the greater community and affect all of us. Too bad The Godfather didn't have the ambition or intelligence or unending source of creativity to address those issues. Instead its creators glorified the mob and envisioned an isolated world for it to inhabit.

My point is, its one thing to criticize plot points, but you're suggesting an entirely different plot altogether that was well outside of the scope and intention of this movie.

You're initial review is pretty on point though.